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TO THE CHRISTIAN PUBLIC.
future. It seems to be much more frequently used for art
indefinite than for infinite, time. Sometimes it appears
particularly to denote the continuance of the Jewish dis-
pensation or age, Gen. xvii. 13, Exod. xii. 14, 24, xxvii.
21, and*a/, freq., and sometimes the period of time to the
jubilee, which was an eminent type of the completion of
the Jewish and typical dispensation, by the coming and
death of Christ." 2ndly, the author of this Lexicon
(though devoted to the cause of the Trinity) gives the tran-
slation of the term found in Micah v. 2. In the
course of explaining the force of the word K5f says he,
"Micah v. 1, or 2, ittk^^i and his (the Messiah's) goings
forth have been from of old, dSiJJ from the days of
antiquity." 3rdly, from the English version, Isaiah lxiii.
11, " Then he remembered the days of old," or dblj? ^
• exactly as is found in Micah v. 2. 1 Sam. xxvii. 8,
" Those nations were of old," for the same Hebrew
term d^J?. Deut. xxxii. 7, " Remember the days of old"
for the same Hebrew word. Gen. vi. 4, " Which were of
old, men of renown," for the same term oSlJ?. Psalm
Ixxvii. 5, " I have considered the days of old, and the
years of ancient times." Here the term tJlp which
is rendered in Micah v. 2, " of old," and the term
translated in the same verse "everlasting," are both
mentioned. 4thly, the context is verses 2—4 : " Whose
goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting ;
therefore will he give them up, until the time that she
which travaileth had brought forth; then the remnant of
riis brethren shall return unto the children of Israel :
and he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord,
in the majesty of the name of .the Lord his God," &c.
Can the phrasers, " his God," " in the strength of the
future. It seems to be much more frequently used for art
indefinite than for infinite, time. Sometimes it appears
particularly to denote the continuance of the Jewish dis-
pensation or age, Gen. xvii. 13, Exod. xii. 14, 24, xxvii.
21, and*a/, freq., and sometimes the period of time to the
jubilee, which was an eminent type of the completion of
the Jewish and typical dispensation, by the coming and
death of Christ." 2ndly, the author of this Lexicon
(though devoted to the cause of the Trinity) gives the tran-
slation of the term found in Micah v. 2. In the
course of explaining the force of the word K5f says he,
"Micah v. 1, or 2, ittk^^i and his (the Messiah's) goings
forth have been from of old, dSiJJ from the days of
antiquity." 3rdly, from the English version, Isaiah lxiii.
11, " Then he remembered the days of old," or dblj? ^
• exactly as is found in Micah v. 2. 1 Sam. xxvii. 8,
" Those nations were of old," for the same Hebrew
term d^J?. Deut. xxxii. 7, " Remember the days of old"
for the same Hebrew word. Gen. vi. 4, " Which were of
old, men of renown," for the same term oSlJ?. Psalm
Ixxvii. 5, " I have considered the days of old, and the
years of ancient times." Here the term tJlp which
is rendered in Micah v. 2, " of old," and the term
translated in the same verse "everlasting," are both
mentioned. 4thly, the context is verses 2—4 : " Whose
goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting ;
therefore will he give them up, until the time that she
which travaileth had brought forth; then the remnant of
riis brethren shall return unto the children of Israel :
and he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord,
in the majesty of the name of .the Lord his God," &c.
Can the phrasers, " his God," " in the strength of the